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Planet Earth - Just Visiting

by Songs Of Dave

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Brave New World 03:54
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Verse 1 Born into an English family I was raised to sip my cup of tea Perpetuate the British way Keep smile on face, quietly disagree Verse 2 Absorb my lessons learned at school Fill head with facts, obey the rules Own opinion warned to bury deep Pass my exams, become educated fool Chorus My thought not my own all my life Ideas - were they ever mine? [realise] My cast-in-stone are stalagmite grown Hear the drip drip drip Verse 3 Understood my place and social class Blank out those questions never ask Buy social norms and wait in line Cog in machine - n'you wonder why? Repeat Chorus Verse 4 They target me with google ads Invade my space on TV screen Good little consumer become Huxlian speak dumb epsilon Verse 5 As governmental corporate On business model legislate Remember now that brave new world Can't help but see parallel Repeat Chorus Verse 6 Everything I knew and understood I've come to doubt - no more believe Peel back layered conditioning See who remains - the naked me
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Step You Forward Aquarian 03:17
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Verse 1 I'm not here to persuade Just represent A way of thinking of life on earth And why we took birth Verse 2 I've not come to impose My opinion But if my words resonate with you Then let us relate Chorus Identify your self Step you forward aquarian Verse 3 I'm not here to disturb You from your choice Unless that's what you decide you want To change direction Instrumental Repeat Chorus
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Shades Of Grey II 05:01
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Chorus A You want black and white Simple wrong or right But life colours always shades of grey Chorus B You crave certainty Faith you can embrace But choice conjures always shades of grey Verse 1 Require your truth Be absolute No ifs or buts doubt So even when Sometimes sense lie You tend to deny Repeat Chorus A Instrumental Verse 2 And ev'ry one Deceive them self When they pretend see Why won't they say Sure, I don't know Just what I choose Choose to believe true? Spoken But I might be wrong Repeat Chorus A & B
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Around In Circle 04:36
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Chorus A Desire to make sense You want to understand No matter you try You end back on your fence Chorus B Each revelation More mystery reveals Around in circle Sometimes that's how it feels Verse 1 Take the laws of nature Brutal by design Why it has to be this way? What does this say about the law maker? Repeat Chorus A with last line adjustment 'Still sitting on that fence' Verse 2 Take idea of karma Action and reward But you don't find something that binds you Consistent with self divinity Repeat Chorus B Instrumental Verse 3 Take the plight of victim Will against oblige If every blade of grass is moving Only on your say so, where's the love? Repeat Chorus A with last line adjustment 'You return to your fence' Repeat Chorus B with last line adjustment 'At least that's how you feel now'
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Smoke And Mirrors 03:44
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Verse 1 You want to know the reason why you are here You need this information now Reveal the hidden meaning Read between the lines You want to get this clear Verse 2 You want an explanation believable Something that resonates inside You need an understanding Power to apply Your self with confidence Chorus A Require an answer Demand to know the truth The smoke and mirrors Desire to see through Verse 3 Some choose a life adventure representing light They illustrate that light exists They tolerate the darkness Permeating Earth Agree to take birth here Chorus B Ask them the answer Desire to know the truth The smoke and mirrors Aspire to see through Instrumental [spoken] Light exists - it's up to you War is over - if you want it Chorus C Beyond the answer Regardless lie or truth The smoke and mirrors See how they serve you
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Upside Down 04:18
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Verse 1 I, I want to know it I need to understand The reason why I'm all ears to listen I want to make it clear I'm here to hear Chorus I want to know your name Where you are come from You step in to my life Now ev'rything turning upside down Don't walk a way Verse 2 You, you got me confused I used to be okay But now I'm screwed Whom do you think you are I want to hear this straight From horses mouth Repeat Chorus Instrumental Verse 3 May be one and different All inconceivable Can both be true? You may contradict me But I say we are wonderful always Repeat Chorus to Fade
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I'm British, Sorry 03:23
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Verse 1 I pass you standing by the side, I wonder what you're thinking There's something sad about your eyes I wonder what they're seeing Verse 2 I look around but there's no dog I wonder why you come here Maybe some private memory Of something dear makes you stare Chorus Say hello, good morning Nice weather, how is your life I'm thinking, but never Would verbalise, I'm British, sorry Verse 3 I see you resting on the bench, The one beside the church door I see myself in years from now Remembering words unsaid Repeat Chorus Instrumental Repeat Chorus Verse 4 Sometimes I pass you in the street I wonder where you're going Us, you and I, lone walkers both See you again tomorrow Spoken I hope I do - chin up old bean ... sorry about that ... nice day, been a bit chilly lately.
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Outsider 03:49
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Verse 1 I see your face - old photograph I try to place the leafy path I feel a smile warm in my soul You were always outsider Verse 2 I type your name in facebook search Trial and error a skype id Scroll page down friends reunited But you as always outsider Chorus I wonder where are you, how are you? Remember our friendship, how we were Verse 3 I ask around, where did you go? But been so long nobody know And after all was I who left Though you were always outsider Repeat Chorus Instrumental Verse 4 I send my love where you are now Dead or alive find you somehow Or see you in another life Brother you always my outsider
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Who Do I Think You Are? 03:19
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Verse 1 Who am I to insist now's the time, Decide you must break from character? Whom do I believe you really are? Why do I deny you? Verse 2 Who am I to insist now's the time, Decide you must wake up from this dream, Walk away from all you've manifest, In the name of mercy? Chorus Who do I think you are? Who do I think you are? No less is my role played after all Verse 3 Who am I to decide you are lost, Insist now your soul needs saving? Finally it dawns it's more for me You facilitate me Instrumental Repeat Chorus
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Even When 02:31
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Verse 1 Can't explain why A - theist views so annoy me Entitled to opinion they are Verse 2 Why lose sight of Life is like a game of role play Designed to facilitate feeling Chorus In everyone Try to see you Even when you Say you do not exist Verse 3 I should be less Slave to judgement, more accepting Aware of set perfection always Instrumental Repeat Chorus Verse 4 Admire this Deep ironic sense of humour A - theist ego serves you no less
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Ever Had A Dream? 02:23
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Chorus Ever had a dream you can't wake up Even though you sense it isn't real? Even though you feel there's something wrong Ever think my life is like a dream? Verse 1 Welcome to my show So happy you could come Us is only just begun Fantasy collide Connect as, you and I Open ended, no prescribe Repeat Chorus Verse 2 Now that we are here Select a hat to wear What role shall I play for you? Will I act as friend Or thorn in side pretend? Who am I to you decide Instrumental Repeat Chorus
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Postcard Home 05:32
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Verse A1 I take my birth nineteen fifty nine Arrive on Earth for adventure Like holiday far away from home I travel Verse B1 Do not believe Rumours we heard But now I see they're all true Some things I find They blow my mind Especially the dark stuff Verse A2 Yet here I am walking in the darkness Sometimes I feel a little home-sick Stiff upper lip After all I'm born in England Verse B2 Sometimes I feel Myself tourist I'm out of place in this place I can't relate To what goes on Don't understand the customs Verse A3 The folks back home They will think I make up When I recall Things I witness Like government try'n' to run country like business Chorus Having great time, the weather's fine I wish you were here with me People are lovely, though bit crazy I'll see you when I get back Instrumental Verse B3 Some things I see Mind me of home Green countryside, meadows gold Verse A4 But there is war Animals for slaughter On such a scale - stains the ground red And no one here Poses connection between them Repeat Chorus
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Greyscale 02:48
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Verse 1 My choice is made Conviction firmed up And belief 'truth usurped' Verse 2 So sets the stage Conflicting view wars The other side must be wrong Chorus But black and white We all know Never mirrors original like greyscale Verse 3 Now I call fact Once wishful thinking Why I so readily forget? Chorus For black and white We all know Never mirrors original like greyscale Verse 4 At crossroads pause But will we come clean? There is no certainty, sorry. Instrumental (Black and White, black and white) Chorus (last line) Never mirrors original like greyscale

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A collection of 2013 home-studio recordings from the pen, guitar, bass, programming etc., of David Kingston

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released October 3, 2013

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Songs Of Dave England, UK

David's songs are generally confessional or observational in nature, sometimes comedic or ironic, mostly of philosophical or theosophical subject-matter ... often in the form of imagined dialogue with God.

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